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VISION OF REMOVING A DEMON
Excerpt from Fuchsia Pickett’s book, “Stones of
Remembrance”.
“After the service that morning I was planning to go to
lunch with some friends when the Spirit spoke to me, “If
you will spend the afternoons with Me, I will teach you
what a demon is...”
...Then I went to my room and stretched out across the
bed. I wasn’t really praying. I just said, “Lord I am
with You.”
Suddenly the Holy Spirit opened to me a vision in which
I was taken into a hospital. I was a part of the
vision, and I was wheeling a patient into the operating
room.... I saw the man from oncology, who had come in to
take a blood sample, and an e-ray technician, who turned
on the light and hung up the x-ray. It was a very
intense light, located at the head of the patient, and
it illuminated that x-ray clearly. The doctors and
technicians all stood looking intently at the x-ray.
They had studied it before, but, at the moment of
surgery, they were looking at it again so that their
procedure would be precise.
I wasn’t quite sure what I was watching. What did this
operating room scene had to do with a demon? Then the
Holy Spirit spoke to me, “I want you to watch this
operation closely. The doctors do not proceed casually
with the operation. They have carefully diagnosed the
problem and are ready to correct it.”
As I watched the surgeon standing over the patient while
still looking at the x-ray, the Spirit asked me, “What
is the surgeon going after?”
I answer, “He is looking for a foreign body.”
He responded, “That is correct. And that is what a
demon is – a foreign body that is usurping or leeching
off a human being.” I understood that He was comparing
a physical foreign body to a demon, which is a spiritual
foreign body that prey on men’s souls.
He continued, “The surgeon and staff are going in to
extricate the foreign body. But they are not gong after
it without knowledge. They are following strict
procedure based on the evidence they have of what is
wrong with the patient.”
As the vision continued to unfold, I watched the
procedure. They put the patient to sleep and then
began, step by step, to skillfully remove that foreign
body. I have remembered this vision when I have been in
situations where people are screaming at the devil,
asking him to tell his name, and going through other
emotional gyrations to cast out a demon. They surgeon
and his team were resolved, prepared, and skillful in
the removal of the foreign body from their patient.
Once I saw the surgeon stop and confer with his
colleagues about what they were seeing.
The analogy was clear. A demon was a foreign body that
attached itself to a human soul and would destroy him
or her if not removed. But it cannot be removed
promiscuously; it must be removed carefully. He
surgeon had to know what it was and how to go after it.
And he worked in complete unity with the team in the
operation room.
As soon as the foreign body was removed, the patient was
stitched carefully to help in his recovery. And the
Spirit said to me, “Watch carefully the follow-up
procedure to such a surgery.” One of the technicians
gave a patent a shot of penicillin to guard against
infection. In the Bible, the hyssop was used to
cleanse. David cried out, “Cleanse me with hyssop, and
I will be clean.” (Ps 51:7 NIV) I had learned that
penicillin is made from blue mold that comes from
hyssop, and they told me hyssop is one of the strongest
ingredients in penicillin.
It is important that in spiritual “surgery” we remember
to apply the Word of God consistently to a recovering
patient to avoid postoperative complications.
Eradication of the foreign body is not enough to insure
future victory in a person’s life, Postoperative care
is vital.
Then the doctors gave instructions to the nurses for
caring for the patient after he was taken to his room.
Too often we deliver a person of demonic powers and
leave their “house”, soul – open and vulnerable to the
return of worse evil. My mind went to the story Jesus
told about the evil spirit coming back and finding the
house swept clean – but empty – and bringing more evil
spirits in to dwell there. (See Matt 12:44-45). We
need to give the delivered instructions on how to close
the door of the house to prevent further invasion of the
enemy...”
{end to Fuchsia Pickett’s vision}
A MATTER OF FOCUS
Comments from Sandy
Today I was thinking about spiritual doctors with lousy
bedside manners. They may be great at extracting
something in surgery but forget about the person they
are treating. I always like to draw upon an example of
one pastor I know that has a very special manner in his
tools of deliverance in spiritual surgery.
One time I was on the ministry team at a conference and
an Oriental lady who was only one week old in the Lord
fell in the isle and began to hiss and writhe like a
snake. I was told by the head of the ministry team to
keep her quiet and calm until pastor could be found to
deal with the problem. So I was on the floor with her
praying in tongues and she stopped hissing. Bless this
gal’s heart, there were people coming out of the
audience all around her commanding demons to flee and
you name it. It was massive chaos all around her. It
was a divine war between my praying peace over her and
others taking authority for the demons to come out.
The moment I put my hand on her leg, she rose up and
hissed with a terrible look on her face and began
writhing again. I learned really fast, touching can
make demons manifest! So I just took my hand off and
prayed peace over her and prayed in tongues and she
found some degree of peace from the tormenting
manifestations and behaved better.
Finally pastor came and bent down at her head and
touched it gently between both hands. He spoke directly
to her and not the demon. She came to herself and out
of its influence and his words got her attention. He
told her that he would like to take her to the back room
with a team to help her. He was very loving and
compassionate in his voice. They were able to get her
up and she walked down the isle for help.
I found out later that his protocol for deliverance is
when possible, to ALWAYS minister to the person first.
Make them feel comfortable, that you are going to be
taking authority over the demon and not speaking harshly
to the person. They are most likely frightened of
losing control, let alone the thought that they might
have a demon inside of them. He always does his
deliverances with a great amount of love and compassion
for those who are bound and I know through many visions
the Lord has given me that God’s love is our greatest
weapon against the demonic intrusions upon a person’s
soul.
There are many ways to deliver, and one needs to check
the spotlight of what and how the Holy Spirit is
directing to deliver a person. Sometimes it is just the
power of God in a meeting that does corporate
deliverances. Sometimes a demon can leave with a simple
yawn, when in a wonderful worship service. Sometimes it
takes major surgery in a deliverance session. I am not
the Holy Spirit, but I do understand that it is wisdom
to only deliver someone who is mature enough to keep the
demon from returning. It has to do with our maturity in
God, walking in obedience to His Word, which is closing
demonic doors. Sometimes the Lord allows us to become
so desperate with the circumstances of our disobedience
that we finally become strong enough in our will to
stand against the temptation of it ever returning, once
it is gone. It is all important strategy not to be
treated lightly, just as Fuchsia’s vision demonstrated.
Other times when someone delivers, they forget to plant
something good inside the hole that the demon left. The
scripture says to overcome evil with good. (Rom 12:21)
If we keep our focus on the deepest need of the person,
then their need for love and to be built up will be very
evident after deliverance. Scripture says there are
times to dismantle and there are times to build up. We
need to remain sensitive to the Holy Spirit to know the
difference and ask Him how to proceed. To dismantle
evil without building up the person afterwards is very
poor bedside manners.
One of the best strategies the Lord has taught me in
prayer is to pray in the opposite spirit. Whatever
demon or evil influence we are taking authority over,
after it is gone, we loose the opposite spirit stand
against it, to fill the void or influence. i.e. the
opposite of fear is faith. Opposite of depression is
joy, etc. Much of the time, praying the opposite
scripture against the demonic and declaring over the
person is a wonderful way of standing against the demon
and building up the person. Using scripture is being an
advocate for the person in need.
I think the question the Lord is asking us, is where is
our focus? What is the purpose of the deliverance? Is
it the fireworks of going after the devil, or is it to
heal a beloved child of God?
Mark 6:33-34 NKJV
And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude
and was moved with compassion for them, because they
were like sheep not having a shepherd.
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